Trump threatens Mexico again with 25% tariffs if it does not stop migrants

“I am going to inform you from day one or sooner that if you do not stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs entering our country, I will immediately impose a 25% tariff on everything they ship to the United States“, he specified at a rally in North Carolina, assuming that he will win the elections.

The probability that the measure will be successful is “100%,” he estimated, with less than 24 hours left for Americans to decide whether to give him a second term or prefer Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.

“I’ll start with 25%, it’s a lot. Do you know that Mexico is our number one trading partner? Do you know why that is? They make a fortune. They have taken over our country” thanks to the government of President Joe Biden and Harris, he denounced.

Mexico “has become our number one trading partner and they are scamming us left and right, it’s ridiculous,” said the magnate.

If 25% does not work, “I will impose 50% and if that does not work, 75%,” thus “at some point they will have many soldiers” on the border to prevent crossings, insisted the former president, who has turned the fight against illegal migration as a priority, with extreme rhetoric.

The millionaire has called them “murderers” and has even stated that they “poison the blood” of the country and “infect” it.

Trump, 78 years old and very close in the polls with Harris, repeats in his rallies that he is in favor of imposing tariffs to “bring back” companies to the country.

He is convinced that the effect will be positive. Many economists believe, on the contrary, that his economic plans will increase debt and inflation.